Can caring for your skin like a cavewoman actually make it better?

If you've ever glimpsed a cavewoman and thought "Wow! Her pores are so tiny," you're not alone. The paleo eating craze has apparently expanded into a lifestyle. On XO Jane, writer Victoria Loustalot talks about her cavewoman beauty-inspired challenge. She didn't wash her face for 60 days to see if cavewomen's faces really did have fewer issues since they weren't slathering on all the chemicals we use today.

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So what made this regimen paleo and not just pre-the advent of potions and lotions? Well, the cavewoman approach also says you can't use any soap or water. Believe it or not, Loustalot actually loved it for the first 30 days. She writes that her face cleared up in all of the spots usually prone to pimples.

Then, she hit the back 30. "Since I wasn't washing or exfoliating anymore, layers of dry skin cells were just hanging out on top of my face, day after day…. My complexion turned ashen, and dime-sized brown splotches appeared around my eyes and on my forehead. For a while, I stopped looking in the mirror, because it had gotten just too depressing."

Victoria immediately booked a facial, where the esthetician told her that while the cavewoman regimen was "complete garbage," it actually put her on the right track to better skin maintenance. The takeaway? "Less really is more, and most of the products we subject our skin to really are toxic and do way more harm than good." There's just no need to refrain from soap and water.